LikeFireflies

My dear boy

I don’t expect

You to understand

What I say

But rather gather

My wisdom like

Fireflies in jars

Be mesmerized by

Their dance enjoy

How they light

Up your world

The release them

Allowing them to

Do their dance

For someone else

Indeed (to Brandon)

Sometimes you say

Things that tickle

Me like a

Feather or dandelion

Under the chin

Yesterday you said

That a best

Friend asked about

You about me

Giddy with glee

I realized that

I was now

A part of

An extended part

Of you that

I was present

In not only

Your life but

Also in theirs

Such a wonderful

Place to be

Indeed

Happiness

Happiness is a

State not confined

To borders it

Is a declaration

Not an evidence

It isn’t found

But generated it

Isn’t the result

Of something else

Happiness simply is

Share your happiness

With those beleaguered

By despair it

Is a silent

Gift spread it

About like rich

Soil prompting more

Happiness to blossom

In your world

Give

Having is not

A sin neither

Is gathering keeping

Is

If one has

It must be

Given and shared

This is communion

Take what morsels

You possess a

Crumb a drink

Even your smile

If you are

Rich enough to

Have you are

Wealthy enough to

Offer to others

Including your love

Give freely often

LoveIsLove

Is not love

Love in countries

Far and wide

Love is judged

Love is the

Presence of God

If He has

Given one the

Capacity to express

It then He

Is the only

One to judge

To whom it

Can be shared